After one exchange with the vines, Wang Yu had learned two things: they were incredibly strong and very tough.
His original plan of slowly chopping through the vines wasn't going to work.
Wang Yu continued testing them. This time, he didn't use the Entrenching Tool. If he couldn't cut through the vines, the tool was useless.
He took out a torch. Fire countered wood; that was basic knowledge. Now he just had to see whether the vines were afraid of fire.
Holding the torch, Wang Yu cautiously approached the vines. Just then, they seemed to sense the torch's hostility, and every vine on the ground suddenly rose into the air.
"Damn."
The vines seemed to have been provoked. They swept toward him wildly, as if they wanted to snuff out this threat.
Faced with the oncoming vines, Wang Yu hurriedly retreated. They were fast.
One vine was already curling toward him, so Wang Yu quickly raised the torch to fend it off.
"Smack!"
The vine actually knocked the torch right out of Wang Yu's hand.
Damn, these vines weren't afraid of fire at all. They weren't like the giant crocodile, which had backed away when it saw the flames.
This place was too dangerous to linger.
Wang Yu took off running.
As soon as the torch was knocked away, Wang Yu retreated without hesitation, sprinting as fast as he could.
After he reached the far side of the fire pit, he looked back. The vines were waving wildly in the air, but they didn't seem inclined to chase him.
Wang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe the vines weren't long enough, or maybe they wouldn't stray too far from the tree. Either way, they stopped there.
His attempt to test them with the torch seemed to have enraged the